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The Republican Party has an embarrassment of riches in good prospective presidential contenders for next year's race. Thus Gov. Jeb Bush’sdebut speech — on February 4th, in Detroit, the start of of his “Right To Rise” tour — took on heightened importance.
Presidential campaigns are about much more than name recognition, résumé, charisma, and money. All of these matter. Yet…
Purpose matters more. The electorate, not the elite, will decide, after interviewing the contenders throughout the primaries and then in the general election, who gets to occupy the Oval Office. And we voters want to, and get to, know what our candidates are promising for us before we hire them.